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situated at different heights, so that the base of one becomes united 

 to the apex of another. In such cases the divisions are true dissepi- 

 ments formed by carpellary leaves. The anomalous divisions in the 

 ovary of the Pomegranate have been thus explained. 



The ovary is usually of a more or less spherical or curved form, 

 sometimes smooth and uniform on its surface, at other times hairy 



Fig. 430. 



Fig. 432. 



Kg. 433. 



and grooved. The grooves, especially when deep, indicate the 

 divisions between the carpels, and correspond to the dissepiments. 



Fig. 430. Flower of Cucumis Melo, or Melon, o, Inferior ovary covered by the adherent 

 torus. Calyx, I, and Corolla, p, being above the ovary. Fig. 431. Flower of Saxifraga 

 Geum, eut vertically to show the ovary, o, adherent for half its height to the torus, c. The 

 calyx, which is called half-superior, p. Petals, e, Stamens. ;>-. Styles and stigmas. Fig. 

 432. Pistil of Hoteia japonica, one of the Saxifragacese, cut vertically, in order to show the 

 interior of its two cavities or loculaments. It is a bilocular or dithecal ovary, o, Two 

 ovaries consolidated into one, and adherent for half their height to the torus, c. (, Styles. 

 s. Stigmas, p, Placentas covered with ovules, pe, Base of the petals, , Fig. 433. Flower 

 of Fuchsia coccinea divided horizontally into two halves, through the middle of the ovary, o. 

 The lower half, 2, of the ovary has been left untouched, to show its four cavities or loculi, 

 with the ovules attached to their internal angles. (Fig. 418 shows the same section more 

 highly magnified.) The upper half, 1, has been cut vertically, to show the ovules, g, ar- 

 ranged in a row in each loculament. The torus incorporated with the ovary below bears 

 the calyx, t I. p, Petals inserted on the calyx, e. Stamens inserted also on the tube, 

 alternately large and small. The style rising from the summit of the ovary, and terminated 

 by an ovoid stigma, s. 



